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Nobody is happy about the current state of our COVID-ravaged education system. With a new school year fast approaching, plans for teaching students still in flux, and political in-fighting driving more fear and confusion about whether or not to re-open campuses, teachers and parents are concerned.  Meanwhile, most kids are just fine with spending less time in a classroom. Of course, let’s see if they still feel that way when they’re unemployed at 25 because of all the education they missed while dodging the virus . Heck, even missing out on all the extracurriculars is chock full of missed opportunities....

In our Back to School series, we tackle the big issues students face, from police in schools to representation. Because returning to the classroom is about more than buying school supplies. You might not spend much time thinking about the gender gap in education — that is, the difference in educational outcomes between boys and girls — but you should. These disparities affect people from childhood all the way through adult life, via the careers they choose and beyond.  Girls and boys receive different messages (both implicit and explicit) about who's smart and who's not. By age six, girls are more...

Grab a new board game at Walmart! Hurry on over to Walmart.com where you can grab this Totally Gross! The Game of Science Board Game for only $6.41 (regularly $18.87)! Want to add some STEM learning to your family game time?  This game is full of amazing facts about science along with some pretty gross dare cards that will get the kids laughing! This Totally Gross! board game is great for kids ages 8 and older. It helps kids absorb and understand all of the major scientific disciplines of over 15 scientific areas with fun and interesting lab experiments. Check...

When it comes to teaching tricky words in phonics, it can seem like a challenge! This is because tricky words do not conform to normal phonics rules – you cannot sound out the word. In fact, if you did sound out the word, it would sound rather nonsensical. Children must therefore learn to recognise the whole word rather than breaking it down into parts. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to make learning tricky words fun! This blogpost will be focusing on the tricky words present in Phase 3 phonics. Start by watching the above video for some activity ideas,...

The World of Shakespeare 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzle from LKP My family seem to have got into puzzling! We’ve always had lots of jigsaws for the kids but have recently expanded into jigsaws for grown-ups too. Our 4-year-old is really good at jigsaws so they’re a great way to keep her challenged and of course jigsaw puzzles are also a fun educational and screen-free family activity for us to do together. We started with 250 piece puzzles and then braved into 1000 piece jigsaws after spotting the amazing and quirky collection by Laurence King Publishing. Our first 1000-piece family jigsaw is...